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Revolutionary Violence in the New Gilded Age
The first Gilded Age combined rapid growth, severe inequality and political violence. Similar pressures are re-emerging today, but digital movements, asymmetric tools and continuous information flows increasingly place corporations and senior executives at the centre of ideological conflict. This report examines how inequality, identity politics and technological change are reshaping the threat environment, using historical parallels and current warning indicators to help boards and leadership teams identify emerging risks before isolated incidents become more serious.
Changing World Order
How are middle powers responding to changing world order? They are not great powers, but they are no longer passive actors sitting between the United States, China, Europe, Russia, and other major centres of power. Their choices now shape supply chains, energy markets, technology controls, defence spending, investment screening, market access, logistics routes, and regulatory exposure. This shift is taking place against a revisionist America and a harder overall geopolitical environment.
AI, the Iran Conflict and the New Defense Industrial Base
The conflict involving the United States and Iran highlights a structural shift in modern warfare. Artificial intelligence and commercial technology platforms are becoming embedded within the operational architecture of military capability. Rather than appearing as isolated AI weapons, technologies such as cloud computing, satellite communications, autonomy software, and data infrastructure are accelerating the entire strike enterprise. The report analyzes operational lessons from the conflict, changes in defense procurement structures, and the growing governance, cybersecurity, and political risks facing companies whose technologies intersect with military AI programs.
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